Improvement in meat-cutting-machines



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THOMAS yANnEusL'IcE, or VALLEXI FORGE, PEN SYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT m M EAT-CUTTlNG-MACHINES Specification forming part oiLetters Patent No. 8,072, dated May 6, 185i.

' To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS VANpERsLIcE, of Valley Forge, inthe countyofChester and v State of Pennsylvania, have invented a" new and usefulImprovement in Machines for Cutting Meat for Sausages; and I do herebydeclare that the followingis a full and exact description of the same,reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is'avertical viewof the machine in anopen position. Fig. 2-is a transverse section representing especiallyone of thecutters with its respective adj usting-plate; and Rig. 3 is anend view showing thediseharging-' aperture and sliding gate. lheprincipal features of this lnvention consist in an arrangement foradjusting the positions of the 'severahrotary cutters, so as to keep theedges thereof in contact with the peripherv of the cylindrical chamberwithin V which they revolve.

The casing of this machine consists of an oblong cubical trunk A B, theinterior of.

which has the form of a hol-low cylinder five inches in diameter,through the longitudinal center of which passes a mandrel c c, which hasits bearings at the ends of the trunk, and one end of which is furnishedwith a crank or pulley. Upon this mandrel, near the right end of thetrunk, is mounted a short cylinder D, three inches in diameter, from theperiphery ofnvhieh projects a helical flange e e, which extends to theperiphery of the cylindrical chamber. The face or left side of theflange is at right angles with the axle, and the right side has aninclined curve from the apex of the flange to the periphery of thecylinder.

Upon the mandrel, between the flanged cyl inder and theleft end of thetrunk, is mount eda series of circular blocks I I I, three inches indiameter and half an inch thick. Between the cylinder 1) and the rightblock and between each two of the blocks is adjusted a cutter J and anadjusting-plate K, the cutter and the plate being of equal thickness.The cutter is mounted upon a pivotpin oz, which projects from the leftdisk of Another pin -r projects from the enters the nextsuccecdingblock, and whereby the blocks are secured in their properd-rel, near the left end thereof, upon which is a circular screw-nut P,by which the entire series of blocks and plates are firmly pressedtogether, and whereby the latter are held fast in whatever relativeposition they are placed.

The use of the plates is to adjust the cutters in such positions thatthe most prominent part of the cutting-edge of each may workin. closecontact with the periphery of the cylindrical chamber. I 4 Through thetop of the trunk, (which is equal-in dimensions with the bottom andconnected thereto by hinges and haspt-t} at the right end thereof, isa.yerticaL'teedingaperture L, and through the left end of the trunk is adischarging-aporture X, to which is adapted a sliding-gate 10, wherebythe dis charge of the chopped meat is regulated. To the top of thebottom section of, the trunk, parallel with: the axle and extending fromthe front to the "periphery of the cutter-cyL indcr, (the series'ofeircular blocks and plates,) is attached a horizontal plate Y,-in

the rear edge of which is a series of slots Z Z, of sulficient lengthand breadth to allow the cutters to pass through them, and whereby thelatter, as also the periphery of the cutter-cylinder, are cleared fromthe meat which might otherwise adhere. to them. The posilions of theseveral cutters are soarranged as to succeed each othenin helical order,as,

represented in Figs. 1 and 2.

What I claim as 'my invention, and desireto secure by Letters Patent,is-

I The herein-described mode of adjusting the cutters J by means of theadjusting plates K, as described.

In testimony whereof I have "hereunto signed my-namebefore twosubscribing wit-l.

nesses. I I THOMAS .VANDERSLICE.

Witnesses:

WM. P. ELLIOT, A. E. H. JoHNsoN.

